The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-05-14

IAnu position; ana sne, neither more nor
less than sea-wAfE ire adopted daughter
of an old lady WHO lived heir the Beadh.
lie had gone down To, the little fishfnE
village on sketdhi6E tdttr, ADD meeting
iMsielon, had been attracted by her beauty
las well as by the 4dtteffress Of her life, for
few made friends With fife ffrtle% %alE as
itheS eslled-her. III sS..l sf
A waif, indeed; fSr'sfl ,thkt WAS know'h
of her was this; That one STORMY night, y
dead wohiRh %fth itSf8g child cIssped
'hclose in her 5Ttiis wks %Asffea ashore at
Highland Point PeTtsbs both had Seen
4 alive at night, Tilt witch, fStthd in the
Q, lnorpihg, the S'Gfna1i's 'soul had passed TO
ths6ther world; but: the baby's dark eyes
i were stiiI'opeh '6pda 'thfs life, andea pftsous
little wall testffed 70 the fRGt Most DhfGhlyc
1 Around me baby sdfSsk tnsre hIdfnha q
4 slender ohafir, And attached to Iii 1iocltet,
4beafnR' flfe .1iaHie; "Ef&deloh,s1 and the
4 BgRvy gold ffEtfe on fife woman 8 finger bore
the Initials. T5Nf. q, y" ,...... ~ '.>t
Some wefe'for seu6f6s the EleSe Saff to
i tife work -hJase, but Mrs. FSfife, a kind
thearted Woman, rather .eg6ye tSe class
arodnd, offered 60 bake her If0me, and be
came a rtother totfe ,dittfe elhe, who HAD
been washed almost to tEfesd06r. ~. .s
Ray ChtiVfe hhd Sfthpsy 6e9A attracted
first by Mades9nss beauty and foyeliness,
bnt it ended by his failing passionately in
love with her, and wooSHg her with all the
tender eaYtIestness VI his Mature; and one
fair summer evening, Which they stood OH
\ the Beach together, tie fight wind lifting
the soft Cuf1s ON Madelon,s brow, be had
told her the story of his love, asked her to
wait till he could come and claim her; and
she, blushing and shy, had answered yes.
70 That was the first of the sweet loYe story,
and the sequel was this.
Ray Carlyle Went to italy to Study, feaS-
ing his little sweetheart behind him; and
one day, while dreaming Of her, a letter
was placed in his banda letter from his
darling.
He had opened IT with glad, eager hands,
and found, instead OF tender, ioefns words,
the ring he had pfaeed Upon her hand that
| evening on the Beach.
4 For a moment he was stunned, bewild-
cred BY the blow, for he had loved Madelon
Fairlie with all the passion of ms nature.
And then his resolution was taken. He
would see her OhfSe more, he. would receive
his dismissal rom her lips; there must be
some mistake, his tfailihg could not Be
false; lie would go To her and know all.
He sailed For home the next day, deter
mined to know why his ring haJ been re-
turned ed-retHrhed without a word ef ex-
PLANTATION. "a
He went straight TO Highland Point, tc
hfnd Mrs. FsIi4ie dead and Madelon gone.
"Do YOU know where Miss Fsiriie mas
gone?n he said TO the %orhah who opehed
the door, and volunteered him the first in
formation.
| ! She was a coarse, low-bred woman, who
recognized him at once as Madelon's city
lover. -,-,. -.4.-.,-
10 7NShe nih't mo Msddy Fsiflie now" she
said. "She's Madelbn Stanieigh, And mis-
tress Of the old judges mansion. Lord
what's"
Ray Carlyie's face had grown chastly ,and
he drew back as II he had received a blow,
but recovered himself almost ithinediatelS,
and with a courteous 'Thank you," he
bent his head and turned away.
| He went down to the beach and stood
there till the night shadows fell around
him, and then went back to the city, back
to his old life again, but no longer the gay
/ young FELLOW who had, loved and trusted
Madeoh Faiflie; but a man who buried in
his heart his ohe loVe-dfeath, ahd tried to
fill the void in his life With earnest work,
| till the day came when fame crowned him
her OWL; and the land that gave him birth
was proud Of her s0h.
\ People called him cold; proud, cynical,
and wohld have smiled At the idea OF a
romance in his life, and yet, III his o~n
private sthdib, there hung a picture on
which the naughty eyes often rested with
a look few %ouid deeti them capable of
only glimpse Of the seashofe, a low stretch
of sahdy beaeh; with two lovers standing
there, and the fair, sweet face of the girl,
with It's %ind-t6ssed hair, was the face Of
Madelon Fairlie.
One fatal mistake be had made that last
day at Highland Poiht. Had he known
then what he knew later It might have
ended differently. He believed that Mad
elon had married Judge Stanleish FOR his
wealth and position, never breathing that
the old judge had found the child of his
only son iii the walf of Highland Point.
WelIi wife or no &lfei she had given him
up. Perhaps In the first moment 6f his
pain he might have gone to her, but after
well, after, pride conquered the impulse.
Madelon Stanleigh returned the ring he
had placed on Madelon Fsirlie's slender
hand. He had woOed and won simple
maiden, but Judge Stanleigh's heltess was
free-perfectly free, as she wished to be.
But that was all long years ago, and to-
day, beneath tine shads# of dropping trees,
under the darkening dome Of the sky, with
the fRf-off surge of the oceat tbthing faint
! ly 10 thBir ears, they meet again.
,'iYou do not ask me-" he had said,
''what time or fate has done for me. In
memerypf'old fFiehdshipi you might have
r done 500 ~ = lsEs Ut
He noticed a sudden palihg Of her face,
but her voice was. perfectly calm as she
; answeredi eoldly:
~ do not need to ask 5bd. The maine
of Ray CarlyieJ the artist II too well known
and honored, for its 5wner's success to be
, questionedj and besides, prefer not to re-
member the past"
? His face flushed hUtly,
"Pardon my introduction bf IT." he saldi
She drew the silken scarf that envelUped
: her shoulders closer around her, with a
5 slight shiver.
5 Tits getting chilly" she ssidi II think